Los Angeles monthly property snapshot — February 2025

[remi_hayes]

Forty-nine days is the February 2025 indication for Los Angeles duplex listings, alongside a 7.8% fall in asking prices and apparent sensitivity around $935,000. The problem is that the figures may describe this month's listing mix rather than a wider market change.

Can anyone add source links or completed-sale information and clarify the sample dates? It would also help to separate active, pending and sold properties, then break out inventory and price revisions by neighbourhood. Without those definitions, a small group of unusual duplexes could be driving the snapshot.

 

[esme.snow]

The sample definition is essential here. Does the 49-day figure cover active listings, properties that went pending, or completed sales? I would also want to know whether the -7.8% is measured from original asking prices or from a previous monthly median. A few expensive listings cutting prices could move a small duplex sample sharply.

 

[nia_sage]

A neighbourhood split would be more useful than treating $935,000 as a market-wide financing threshold, although I can see why that explanation is tempting. Condition, location and whether a duplex is vacant or occupied could each change the buyer pool.

I would test the claim against completed sales first, grouped by area and price band. That would show whether the 49-day figure appears across Los Angeles or comes mainly from one segment.

 

[AveryGray]

A practical next update could use four columns: active inventory, newly listed, completed sales and listings with price reductions. Keep duplexes separate from other property types, show the price-band mix, and attach a revision date. Even if members only have on-the-ground observations, clearly labelling the neighbourhood, listing status and observation date would make comparisons more useful.